What are the worst symptoms of nonverbal learning disorder?
Common difficulty with reading upper elementary grades, especially for novel material. Issues with math performance.Concept formation and abstract reasoning may be significantly impairedSignificant difficulty generalizing information - e. g. applying learned information to new or novel situations. Generally they are auditory, unimodal learners (may not look or write while processing). Process at a very concrete level and interpret information quite literally.Significant weakess processing nonverbal communication such as body language, facial expressions, or tone of voice.Unable to intuit what is not specifically stated.May present as uncooperative.Tremendous difficulty with fluid or difficult social interactions.Lack "street smarts" - can be incredibly naive.Appear to lack coordination - do better in individual rather than team sports. Impaired fine motor skills - handwriting may be poor and/or laborious. Significant problems with spatial perception are common.Difficulty learning to ride a bicycle, catch and/or kick a ball, hop and/or skip. Anxiety and/or depression may be quite severe, especially during adolescence. Individuals tend to be withdrawn by middle school, and may actually become agoraphobic. Cannot readily adapt to new situations, or changes to routine Self-esteem problems are common. Increased incidence of suicide within the NLD population.
How can someone with nonverbal learning disorder optimize their learning?
Thanks for the A2A. I think the key is to figure out ways to use your strengths to overcome your weaknesses and ways "around the mountain" of NVLD. Essentially, for most people with NVLD, this means making everything verbal. How exactly to do this will vary by what is being learned. But, for example, while many NT people can remember maps largely visually, NLDers can use verbal cues. "Canada is north of the USA" may be easier to learn than the image on a map.If you have more specific topics that you want to learn let me know and maybe I can come up with some methods.
Are there resources for people with Nonverbal Learning disorder for parenting?
A speech pathologist would be the best person to advise you and your family on non-verbal communication skills. A PODD book or PECS system are two examples of resources used to support children who have delayed or non-existent speech.
What careers are friendly to people with a nonverbal learning disorder?
I highly recommend this book by Yvona Fast: Amazon.com: Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies (9781843107668): Yvona Fast: Books It's also very much about you as an individual and the particular employer.
What are some of the tasks that people with nonverbal learning disorder have trouble with?
Anything that has to do with time or space or reading non-verbal information:Remembering when things happenedFiguring out how long it takes to do somethingGetting places without getting lostReading body languageKnowing what level of dress is appropriateetc.
What is it like to have NonVerbal Learning Disability (NVLD)?
NLD is a constellation of learning problems related to non-literal comprehension, spatial awareness, math concepts, social cognition, language pragmatics and social problem solving. It is an over-simplification to call it a disorder of those areas of cognition traditionally thought of as conceptual but that notion may be nonetheless helpful. This may be particularly so because these individuals are often very good at things that are rote, mechanical, and factual in comparison to those things that are conceptual or "intuitive". It includes, but is not limited to, the well-known and publicized Aspergers Disorder. While Aspergers is/was largely a disorder of social relatedness, other manifestations of Non-Verbal Learning Disorders can involve different combinations of the problems listed above. For example, some individuals with NLD problems might struggle with social skills and spatial awareness but be very good at math. Others may not exhibit the social dimensions but struggle with math concepts. Byron Rourke has been the most prominent author and researcher in this area and his books are worth reading to gain a deeper understanding. Among the most interesting aspects of his writing includes the claim that the core characteristic of the set of problems may be spatial awareness and the resultant lack of exploratory play in toddlerhood. Rourke posits that normal developing children explore their world as they learn language and thus create meaningful links between language, behavior, concepts, and reality. He compared this to the experience of some NLD toddlers who only seem to engage the world linguistically by asking questions which only serves to develop a langauge-based, name-based, fact-based early understanding of the world that lacks the nuances, concepts, and the related "reality" that a typical toddler gains by "toddling" about during early years of cognitive, social, and linguistic development. People with NLD can often feel isolated and confused over time but school-based academic and social interventions that rebuild the links between language, concept, behavior, and action in all areas can help them achieve happiness and success. These links reveal more about one such school that serves students with various learning problems including NLD. One is a short film showing the school in action through the voices of parents, teachers, and students: http://cdn.media56.whipplehill.n...http://www.winstonprep.edu/about...https://www.facebook.com/winston...
What challenges will someone with a Non Verbal Learning Disability face?
I’m 18, turning 19 in 4 days. I went to a psychologist to see if I had anxiety or my primary doctor misdiagnosed me and what medications he may recommend. My psychologist believes I have anxiety and said I also have a nonverbal learning disability. What challenges I’ll I face, what advantages will I have, and what career options should I choose/stay away from?
I have a Non-Verbal Learning Disability and I absolutely hate it because I can't marry, have kids or hold a job. How do I deal with this emotionally?
I understand your question.Some time ago, I worked with a young woman with a severe nonverbal processing deficit.She was referred to me by a psychiatrist who had diagnosed her with schizophrenia. He sent her to me because he hoped I could help remediate some of the problems she was having - her inability to find her way around her 3-story high school for example.I tested her and reported back to him that she had spent her whole life struggling to grasp visual nonverbal information and explained the impact that had had on her, showed him how it explained some of the behaviors that seemed bizarre to him, and he removed the diagnosis of schizophrenia.That’s the power of some nonverbal learning disabilities.She and I spent many, many hours working on perceiving the emotions of others. When we started, I showed her a line drawing of a person with smoke coming out of their ears, representing being “steamed” or angry. I asked her to explain the picture, and she said “he has broccoli in his ears.”With work, she learned to recognize others’ feelings in their facial expressions and tone.Anyway, the point I’m making is yes, it can feel like relationships and a job are out of reach, and telling you to just buck up or try harder won’t help. But if you can find someone who really understands your processing deficit, you can make progress.C. J. Newton(I got a masters in Learning Disabilities at NU long, long ago, then quit the field and started an Internet company.)